Spring-heel for boots or shoes



(No Model.)

J. BRESMAN.

SPRING HEEL POR BGOTS 0R SHOES.

Patented Mar. 29, 1898.

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SPRIN'G-HEEL FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,549, dated March29, 1 H898.

. Application iiled January 28, 1897. Serial No. 621,089. (No model.) A

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BREsMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SpringHeels for Boots or Shoes; andI do hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to a certain new and useful spring-heelfor boots or shoes,

which consists in the arrangement of parts and details of construction,as will be hereinafter fully shown in the drawings and described andpointed out in the specification.` The object of the invention is toprovide a simple and inexpensive spring-heel for use more especially inconnection with shoes worn by ladies or lightboots or shoes used bygentlemen, in order that a soft, easy, and noiseless heel may beprovided for the shoe.

Referring to the drawings forming a part Y of this application, Figure lis a side View,

partly broken away, of a shoe with the springheel secured thereto, theheel being in section. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view showing the top orupper layer of the heel partly broken away, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsec-v tional view taken on line as, Fig. 2.

In the drawings the letter A is used to indicate an ordinarywalking-shoe, and A to indicate the sole thereof. The heel of the shoeis composed of the layer of rubber B, which is cemented or otherwisesecured to the sole of the shoe. This rubber layer forms a softresilient cushion for the heel. To the rubber cushion is cemented orotherwise affixed the layer of leather l, which layer has formed at eachside thereof the openings or sockets 2 3, which sockets are connected bythe groove 4. Within the sockets 2 3 are fitted the coiled springs 5 6,which are formed by a single piece of wire, being connected by the bodyportion 7, which lies in the groove or channel 4. These springs are heldsecurely in place by means of the screws ct, ,which pass through therubber cushion B and the sole A' of the shoe, the head of the screwsengaging the lower end of the springs. These screws give additionalstrength to the heel and pre-` vent the parts from being separated fromeach other and from the sole of the shoe in case the heel is subjectedto.

the cement should give to the strain which After the parts have beenproperly united the leather layer l ,is covered by the leather tap b,which is se- 'cured thereto by short nails or screws b.

The metallic springs 5 6 are employed in order that the spring of theheel may be preserved after the resiliency of the cushion B has beendestroyed, and by the use of these springs I am enabled to make use ofmuch heavier rubber than otherwise could be employed for this purpose.

At the front of the heel a U -shaped groove 8 is cut through the top ofthe heel and layer 1, and between the said layer and rubber cushion isinterposed a small metallic plate 9, to which is suitably secured theswinging or slide valve d. This valve opens or closes an airopening d',formed through the plate 9, rubber cushion 1 3, and the sole A. Thisairopening serves asa ventilator, through which air is admitted to theshoe when the valve is thrown to uncover the said opening. The valvebeing under control of the wearer of the shoe the ventilator may beopened or closed at will. This is an important feature in connectionwith the patent-leather or enameled shoes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure protection in by Letters Patent, is

1. In a spring-heel for boots or shoes, the combination with the rubbercushion secured to the shoe, of a series of springs abutting against andfastened to the rubber cushion, and of the tap covering the springs andcushion.

2. In a spring-heel for boots or shoes, the combination with the rubbercushion secured to the shoe, of the leather layer fastened to the`rubber cushion and provided with sockets or recesses, the springslocated within said sockets or recesses and fastened to the rubbercushion and to the shoe, and of the tap which covers the leather layerand springs.

3. The combination with a boot or shoe, of a spring-heel securedthereto, said Vheel consisting of a rubber cushion, springs and a tap,of an air passage-way formed through the sole of the shoe andspring-heel, and of a sliding valve for opening and closing the airpassage-way.v

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connecting portion for said springs lying in said channel or groove, andmeans acting to secure said springs in said recesses or sockets, and tosecure the lift to the boot or shoe.

' In testimony whereof I affix lny signature, in presence of twoWitnesses, this 5th day of January, 1897.

JOHN BRESMAN.

Witnesses:

N. A. ACKER, LEE D. CRAIG.

